But psychological tests cannot precisely distinguish memory loss due to early Alzheimer's from normal aging and other problems.
Experts say even patients with early Alzheimer's can be competent to make wills.
The test is meant to help detect Alzheimer's early, but it does not replace a doctor's evaluation of his patient.
Working memory task performance and chunking in early alzheimer's disease.
Mothers 35 and older who had babies with Down syndrome did not run an increased risk of developing early Alzheimer's disease.
The researchers suspect that those four people may have early Alzheimer's.
The first sign of early or mild Alzheimer's disease is usually memory loss.
At least a few were likely due to early Alzheimer's it's a veritable epidemic in this country.
But clinical trials have shown no benefit in early Alzheimer's disease.
The researchers said it might be that in early Alzheimer's the brain was already becoming less efficient at learning and memorizing.